(This is a follow-up to Against Trendism)
Basing visibility on popularity is a uniquely awful version of ‘tyrrany of the majority’ because uncommon views become invisible, even if, were they to start on an even playing field, they would become popular.
In this way, it encourages mental stasis: since ranking is based on an immediate appraisal of how popular something already is, and visibility is based therefore on past shallow popularity, there’s no room for rumination.
